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Mark 5:17

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

Bible in Basic English

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

Free Bible Version

They began pleading with Jesus to leave their district.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then they began to pray him, that hee would depart from their coastes.

King James (Authorized) Version

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

One Unity Resource Bible

They began to beg him to depart from their region.

Plain English Version

Then all that mob started to ask Jesus strongly to go away from their country and leave them alone.

Translation for Translators

Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then they started to beg him to leave their region.

Noah Webster Bible

And they began to pray him to depart out of their borders.

World English Bible

They began to beg him to depart from their region.

Young's Literal Translation

and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

Context

The Demons and the Pigs

¹⁶Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.¹⁷And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

Summary

In Mark 5:17, after Jesus miraculously heals a demon-possessed man, the people in the region are filled with fear and ask Jesus to leave their area. This response reveals their discomfort with the power and authority of Jesus, as well as their preference for the familiar rather than the divine. The verse highlights the tension between worldly concerns and spiritual realities, showing how encountering the supernatural can challenge human comfort and control. It serves as a reminder that following Jesus may require us to confront our fears and surrender our desires for the sake of His kingdom.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts--Was it the owners only of the valuable property now lost to them that did this? Alas, no! For Luke (Luk 8:37) says, "Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought Him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear." The evil spirits had thus, alas! their object. Irritated, the people could not suffer His presence; yet awe-struck, they dared not order Him off: so they entreat Him to withdraw, and--He takes them at their word.

Mark 5:17

The Demons and the Pigs

¹⁶Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.¹⁷And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

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Berean Standard Bible

And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

Bible in Basic English

And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

Free Bible Version

They began pleading with Jesus to leave their district.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then they began to pray him, that hee would depart from their coastes.

King James (Authorized) Version

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

One Unity Resource Bible

They began to beg him to depart from their region.

Plain English Version

Then all that mob started to ask Jesus strongly to go away from their country and leave them alone.

Translation for Translators

Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then they started to beg him to leave their region.

Noah Webster Bible

And they began to pray him to depart out of their borders.

World English Bible

They began to beg him to depart from their region.

Young's Literal Translation

and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.